Kathryn Boughton

Reporter, Litchfield County Times Associate Editor

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Col. John “Reg” Harrison is a determined man. He is determined that the First Litchfield’s Artillery Regiment will continue to honor the vision of two Litchfield residents: author Eric Hatch and artist Eric Sloane in celebrating the anniversary of American Independence.

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LITCHFIELD >> When the Pilgrims landed on Massachusetts’ shores, their professed goal was to create a “shining city on a hill” in a land of religious freedom. Only 150 years later, that symbolic “shining city” had grown to 13 colonies of prosperous and ambitious Americans, whose concept of freedom had so expanded it led to a list of grievances against their sovereign and a demand for political separation in a Declaration of Independence first read to...

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LITCHFIELD >> They were tired of sitting around “defending” Washington, D.C., from a foe that never materialized. By spring 1864 the military ardor that had animated the 19th Connecticut Volunteer Regiment in 1862, as it marched to the green in Litchfield to “receive an elegant stand of colors from William Curtis Noyes,” had long since dissipated in the drudgery of camp life.

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SALISBURY >> Happy news burst on the scene Friday afternoon when it was confirmed that the White Hart Inn, which was closed precipitously in fall 2010 after a $5 million renovation, has been sold and will soon resume its role as a center for community gatherings.

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WASHINGTON >> Short story author Elizabeth Spencer, 92, of Chapel Hill, N.C., is the 2013 recipient of the Rea Award for the Short Story. The $30,000 award, sometimes referred to as the Nobel Prize of short stories, was established by Michael M. Rea of Washington in 1986 to encourage the writing of short fiction.

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In the art world it is sometimes noted that those who can’t make art teach it. That somewhat condescending remark certainly does not apply to Claudia DeMonte, a former art professor at the University of Maryland who has had a long and serious career as an exhibiting artist.

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LITCHFIELD >> Ever wonder why George Washington, a largely inexperienced general who lost more battles than he won during the American Revolution, was so revered by his countrymen? It is probably because Washington, a staunch patriot who sacrificed years of his life to lead Revolutionary troops and to lead the new nation through its perilous infancy, was an honorable man.

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Residents of Western Connecticut are breathing a collective sigh of relief this week as winter finally seems to loosen its grip on the region. But how much more grateful might we be if we had to endure the winter outdoors, with little protection from the elements. That was the plight of wild creatures.